Library Discussion Group Meets as Athol Mourns Ellen Chase

ATHOL — Athol Public Library kept its community calendar running Monday with a midday discussion group, one of the few items on the town's public record this week, as word spread of the death of longtime resident Ellen M. Chase, 66, reported in an obituary published this week.

COMMUNITY & ARTS

Athol Public Library held its "Booked For Lunch" discussion group, themed "What Have You Been Reading?", on Monday, August 24, at noon at the library's Main Street building. The informal midday session lets patrons swap recommendations rather than discuss a single assigned title, part of the library's regular year-round slate of book clubs and reading groups.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"Ellen Chase Obituary (2059 - 2026) - Athol, MA - Athol Daily News - Legacy," reads a notice posted this week. Longtime Athol resident Ellen M. Chase, 66, died at UMass Medical Center following an illness, according to the obituary published by the Athol Daily News via Legacy.com (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atholdailynews/name/ellen-chase-obituary?id=62257751).

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.